People overestimate the threat of reactionary anti-institutionalism in the first term, but underestimate it in the second term. 

The first Trump term threatened to be a wrecking ball but landed like a hand-swung sledgehammer in just a few places. The worst damage (SCOTUS capture) was dealt by McConnell’s senate and Federslist society, not Trump. 

The second term looks like a moderated, mellowed rubber mallet but will likely land like a wrecking ball.

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Potentially the first president in the modern era not worried about re-election?

I’m sure if trump wants a 3rd term SCOTUS will backflip the constitution again to allow it.

Sometimes filmmaker/artist. Often up in arms. Big dreams/little bags. Crypto true believer. 

I know how SCOTUS used to work. This SCOTUS to the highest bidder thing is new plus their habit of being constitutional originalists only when it suits them is suspect.

You understand how the Constitution and SCOTUS works, right?

Also, while we're here the only 3-term (trying to win a 4th term before dying) was a Democrat / progressive. 😂

Clarence Thomas in the next few years:

"um actually if the people want Trump to have a third term it's actually unconstitutional to not allow it based on this random theory I have based on the wording of this thing that was said in a completely different context"